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Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by Tainted Frost by Maggie Adamyan. Witches, shapeshifters, magic. Anna Monroe has to figure out how to use it all to her advantage alongside her crush Alex Romanov, as they try to save Anna’s father. But will secrets tear them apart?

With Morrison’s influence on the literary world in mind, writers and book lovers took to Twitter to talk about the lasting legacy of her work. Here is a round-up of Book Twitter’s tributes to Toni Morrison. President Barack Obama, author and notorious book lover, recognized Morrison as a national treasure. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 6, 2019 Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay recognized Morrison’s elegant storytelling. — roxane gay (@rgay) August 6, 2019 Poet and nonfiction writer Kevin Young, author of Bunk, stopped by an impromptu tribute to Morrison....

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice This quiet post-apocalyptic novel, set in a remote Anishinaabe community in Northern Canada, is full of beautiful and honest descriptions of the natural world. The audiobook is as lovely and sparse as the book itself; narrator Billy Merasty pulls you into the web of relationships that make up this small community suddenly cut off from the rest of the world. Why not pair it with a puzzle that celebrates nature, like this Nature of Books jigsaw puzzle?...

Monterey, California In John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, the opening sentence states the titular place “is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” At Steinbeck Plaza in Monterey, the sun shines. We gaze through a viewfinder, scanning for the splash of sea otters and dolphins. Behind us, the bronze Cannery Row Monument features nine influential figures, including Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck, Flora Woods, and industry workers like fishermen....

I was an American-born child of a man who was forced to leave his whole life behind and quite literally run for the Thai border with barely anything but the clothes on his back and some family members. I was an American-born grandchild of a couple whose faces my father no longer remembers and whose basic information has since been lost to time and tragedy. No one really knows how to spell Da and Yeay’s names anymore, and—from what I gather—no one really knows from whom the family surname actually came....

Using a collective voice with the pronoun “we,” a Greek chorus, which could be anything from 12 to 50 players, danced, sang, or spoke their lines as one. Although I’ve seen many a chorus while watching plays throughout my life, it was only within the last five years that I’ve began reading choruses in literature. A good Greek chorus in literature really does take the omniscient narrator to the next level....

Unabridged Bookstore was opened by Ed Devereux on November 1, 1980. Ever since, it’s been a staple of the Lakeview community. In addition to its excellent sales and travel section, Unabridged offers and features an extensive LGBTQ+ literature section. The bookstore is known for supporting the LGBTQ+ community as well as its fellow small businesses. Unabridged was a fixed point for me in times of change. Anytime my life became unmoored, I went to Unabridged to feel balanced....

Here’s to another great reading month of must-read mystery & thriller books that I get to share with you! I have great crime reads for you to not only put on your TBR but move to the top: There’s literary and dark procedurals that are great reads for Mindhunter fans, a cozy mystery in Hawai’i, an awesome heist book, the Brontë Sisters as detectors, and more! Iced in Paradise (A Leilani Santiago Hawai’i Mystery) by Naomi Hirahara This was so good and I really hope there is a lot more to come....

A Thousand Steps is a beguiling thriller and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time by New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker.Laguna Beach, 1968. Matt Anthony is sixteen and his sister Jazz has just gone missing. The cops figure she’s just another runaway hippie chick, but Matt doesn’t believe it. Not after another missing girl turns up dead.In a town where the cops don’t trust the hippies and the hippies don’t trust the cops, uncovering what’s really happened to Jazz is going to force him to grow up fast....

Less than two weeks ago, 10 Black people — all primarily older individuals — were killed. Books did not kill them. Guns killed them. Immediately after this week’s preventable tragedy, the various Moms For Liberty and similar groups posted a requisite thoughts and prayers, and it was back to business as usual. All Boys Aren’t Blue might see a lawsuit filed against it in Northside Independent School District in Bexar County....

From the bestselling author of We’re All in This Together comes a novel about a reality television star, the lead singer of a struggling rock band, friendship, family, fame, and the cost of living in the public eye. We have 5 copies of Every Little Piece of Me by Amy Jones to give away to 5 Riot readers! Just complete the form below to enter. This sweepstakes is open to residents of Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec)....

The Diwali Gift By Shweta Chopra Children will love the three adorable monkeys at the center of this Diwali book as they investigate a mysterious gift. Through their adventures, readers have the opportunity to learn more about Hindu Gods, Diwali and the traditions around the holiday. Let’s Celebrate Diwali by Anjali Joshe One of the few children’s Diwali books I’ve found that pays equal attention to the Hindu, Sikh and Jain traditions....

Summer Scares is meant to introduce horror titles to more school and public librarians who may otherwise be less familiar with it, and by extension, these books become more familiar to readers interested in either dipping their toes in or deepening their knowledge of horror. A volunteer collaborative project with the Horror Writers Association, Library Journal, United for Libraries, and Book Riot, three categories each year honor three outstanding backlist titles....

I read so many great mysteries & thrillers in July that deciding which to include for the roundup was really hard. I have a great selection, from new releases including Southern lit, PI, Scandinavian, and horror to backlist titles from Japanese crime to the novel being adapted to series starring Chris Evans as a lawyer dad defending his son. Recent Releases The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu This was a page-turner for me that opens with you knowing the crime: Elise shot and killed her best friend Remy’s boyfriend....

Until then, check out more Cookbook Showdowns from Book Riot: Cornbread changed significantly as the technology for processing cornmeal changed in the early 20th century. Traditional stone mills went out of favor when the more powerful steel mills took over the Southern U.S. While the new mills made for finer, more consistent, and more shelf-stable corn meal, it also meant much of the corn kernels were sorted out, eliminating much of the flavor, sweetness, and nutritional value....

Creating this list is a lot of pressure! Long before Book Riot did the great honor of allowing me to write for them (that sounds sarcastic, but it’s not, being a Rioter is fantastic) (that was also not sarcastic), they were my go-to for all things cool book accessories. I bought The Raven writing gloves from Storiarts in Book Fetish. I’ve found super-specific lists of things like Amazing Swag and Gifts for Real Grammar Nerds....

The two new novels are intertwined and tell a story of doomed love. Bobby and Alicia Western are siblings tormented by their father’s involvement with the development of the atom bomb. They are also tormented by their love for and obsession with one another. The Passenger is set in 1980 in New Orleans. It tells the story of Bobby’s exploration of the wreckage of a sunken jet. He discovers that the plane’s black box, the pilot’s flight bag, and the body of one passenger are all missing....

Below is a selection of 15 of the best regency romance novels, which range in content from squeaky-clean to filthily explicit. I’ve also tried to highlight some lesser-known (yet still excellent) books in this category. The OG of Regency Romance The Queens of Regency Romance Lesser-Known Gems of Regency Romance Hot AF: Not Your Granny’s Regency Romance Don’t Forget About: This list of 100 must-read historical romances! It spans a wonderful range of dates and settings (including regency romance novels)....

Trapped in a prison without guards or her memories, Bee is determined to escape—but how, when every moment is spent racing to survive? Condemned and imprisoned for the threat that her psychic powers represent, she only has her lover Chela for company in the lightless, subterranean maze on an alien world. Struggling to recall the truth of her self and her confinement, Bee must question her loves and hates, her hopes and dreams, and her very assumptions about the world around her....